Cop27: Brazil, Indonesia and DRC sign rainforests pact – live
Monday is water and gender day at the climate conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt We’ve been reporting a lot on the lack of...
Category : Egypt
Egypt shuts down event spaces on first Monday of Cop27 in blow to NGOs
Groups say cancellations could restrict debate as host country tightens security for opening days Civil society organisations and governments may have to cancel events at...
African countries urge rich nations to honour $100bn climate finance pledge
Ministers rebuke ‘shameful’ failure to meet funding promises for poorer countries to cope with climate crisis ahead of Cop27 summit Ministers and high-ranking officials of...
Cop27 host Egypt warns UK not to backtrack from climate agenda
Unusual diplomatic intervention prompted by fears over Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero The Egyptian government, host of the next UN climate summit, has warned...
Young people demand climate justice in run-up to Cop27 UN talks
Activists from global south demand recompense for damage from countries most responsible for crisis Young people from some of the countries most affected by climate...
Cop27: Egyptian hosts urge leaders to set aside tensions over Ukraine
Organisers call on nations to carry on crucial climate negotiations despite differences on geopolitical issues The Egyptian hosts of the next UN climate summit have...
Campaigners call for climate crisis global day of action during Cop27
Groups urge action during the talks in Egypt to demand climate justice for Africa and the global south Civil society groups around the world are...
Prosecutors urged to examine French role in Egyptian airstrikes on civilians
NGOs want investigation into border counter-terrorism operation that allegedly ended up bombing suspected smugglers Two international NGOs have asked French prosecutors and the UN to...
Egyptian NGOs complain of being shut out of Cop27 climate summit
Civil society groups say covert screening process excluded government’s critics A group of Egyptian civil society organisations have been prevented from attending the Cop27 climate...
At least 41 people killed in Egypt church fire, say officials
Security sources say majority of dead are children after blaze breaks out at Coptic Abu Sifin church in Giza A fire sparked by an electrical...
